Sun and glare shade for vehicles



June 19, r923.

G. N/HEIN sun AND GLARE SHADE FOR VEHICLES Filed Oct. 17. 1921 ATORNEYS Patented June 19, 1923;.

UNITED. STATES sun Ann cmnsnann ron vnnrcnna 7 Application filed October 17 1921. Serial No. 508.888,

I To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, Gnoncn N, Ham, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State .of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sun and Glare Shades for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. :1 j The present invention relates to an apparatus designed for use in connection with windows or openings generally, but more particularly designed for use in connection with the transparent windshield of a motor driven vehicle enabling variation of the top and bottom limits of the sight opening therethrough, varying the vertical width of the said openin and its position horizontally of the win shield, reducing the direct and reflected glare passing through the windshield without in any manner affecting the lateral vision therethrough. Sunshades and glare shields have beeen provided for automobile windshields for overcoming the glare to the eyes of the operator occasioned b .the direct rays of the sun, and all of sai devices are associated with the upper portion of the shield and are moved downwardly thereover.

By actual use, it has been discovered that the reflected glare from the road and /vehicle, as for example, the hood and fenders thereof, is equally as objectionable and dazzling, and in fact tiring to the eyes as direct rays of the sun passing through the windshieldand into the eyes of the operator, and the present invention has for its principal object to eliminate the direct rays of the sun from the eyes of the operator, as well as the indirect or reflected rays when it is desired, and at the same time afiording a sight or driving opening for the operator which may be quickly varied as to horizontal position, and also as to width when interfering with the lateral vision through the windshield.

The invention consists broadly in providing adjustable means associated with one face of a transparent window or windshield adjacent to its upper and lower edges and adapted for vertical movement there- 'over for providing the upper and lower ment thereof.

edges of a sight or vision opening, and in associating with said means simple devices and parts for attaching or securing the same in position and forcontrolling the adjust- 41, 0? PATENT OF I -2 RussuED With the above mentioned and other objects. in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claims hereto appen ed, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope-of the claims ma be resorted to without departing from t e s irit or sacrificing any 0 the advantages 0 the invention.-

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Figure 1 is a .view in vertical section through the conventional form of windshield illustrating my invention applied thereto. h

Figure 2 is a broken view in'front elevation of the upper section of the windshield with my invention applied thereto.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view' in detail of one corner of the free ed e of one of said curtains, illustrating the gulde roller and retaming pawl.

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of one of. the guides illustrating the internal rack and the bracket mounting for one end of a curtain roller.

y .In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corres onding parts, 1 lndicates a portion of a vehicle body upwardl from which extend the parallel space windshield supports 2, between which are pivotal] mounted the upper and lower windshield rames 3 and 4, each pro-- vided with a transparent glass 'or closure member 5.

Disposed parallel with the inner faces of the side portions of the upper and lower frames 3and 4 are suitable guides 6 illustrated as constructed of sheet metal and provided in one side with a vertical 'slot' or openmg 7. The guides 6 are each provided with laterally extending portions or loops 8 formed with apertures 9 through which are adapted to extend securing means or screws, not shown, for attaching the guidesto the side members and the shield frames. The guides are arranged on the shield frames with their slotted portions 7 opposing each other, and at corresponding ends said guides are formed with a laterally bent or flanged portion 10, rovided with an eye 11, for receiving the aringends 12 of said rollers ill i the rack 13 extended longitudinally of the upper and lower edges of the shield frames 3 and 4:, as illustrated in Figure 1. These rollers 13 are of the conventional well known type of roller employed for mounting window shades, and which are commonly termed spring shade rollers, and each rolled carries a flexible opaque curtain 1a which is adapted to be wound thereon and unwound therefrom, and it will be observed from Figure i that the curtains are adapted to be drawn toward each other from the top and bottom of the windshield, and the space between the meeting edges thereof afiords a driving or sightopening for the vehicle op erator through the transparent shield. Each curtain is of a width approximatelyequal to that of the transparent portions 5, and on its free edge carries a finger piece 15, and outwardly from each end extends a rod 16 mounting on its end a guide roller 1'? for operating within the track 18 in the guide 6, the rod 16 extending thereinto through the slot 7. Fixed to the rod 16 is a pawl 19 having a pointed end 20 which is adapted for engaging rack teeth 21 on the inner face of the front portion of the guide 6, when pressure is released from the nger piece 15, and it is desired to retain the curtain in its adjusted position. lit will be observed that is formed within the guide 6 by inwardly bending a ortion of one side wall thereof, as at 22, an inwardly cutting into the edges oi said bent portion, as at 23, to form the teeth 21. 'or concealing the rollers 13 with their shafts mounted therein, l employ open ended curved protectors or shields 242, each formed with alongitudinal pocket 25 therein for receiving t e roller with its shade, and said protectors are secured to the horizontal edges of the frames 3 and a by the attaching members 26, each of these opposing edges disposed in slight spaced relation to the inner face of the glass 5, afiording a slot 27 through which the curtains are drawn in their movement over the transparent window portion 5.

in operation, the vehicle operator grasps the finger piece 15 of either curtain, presses or forces the same inwardly releasing the awl 19 from a tooth 21 of the rack 22 leaving the shade tree to be movedlongitudimadly in the a flexible curtain carried by each 0 intense guide 6 until such time as the operator has positioned the free ed e A of the upper shade and the free edge of the lower shade in the positions desir'the upper to exclude from his eyes the direct rays and the lower to exclude the reflected or indirect rays, thereby roviding a sight opening through which't e view of the road surface may be had for the full transverse width of the windshield, whereby the lateral view is not impaired.

On the operator releasing the grip on the linger piece 15, the tendency of the ii end of the shade to curl causes the pawl 19 to engage one of the teeth 21 and retain the shade in its adjusted position.

ll claim L In combination with a support, a pair of I parallel spaced rollers carried thereby, a window associated with said support, said rollers, the free edges of said curtains ada ted for independent free movement int c same plane to and from each other to provide a sight opening through said window between said curtain edges variable as to width and, position, and means carried by the free edge of each curtain for releasably retaining said edge in its adjusted position.

2. in combination with a vehicle windshield including a frame a pair of nontra'nsparent members carried at the respective top and bottom edges of the frame, said non-transparent members adapted for movement from and independent of each other to enable their free edges to obstruct the view through said frame and to afiord between them a sight opening variable as to width and varia' is as to horizontal position verticall of the frame.

3. n combination with a trans arent vehicle windshield, adjustable liggt-sha' means moving parallel with the windshie d and arranged to cover up or and lower portions of said windshield a 've and-below the line of sight, and means for adjusting said light-shading means vertically to vary the height of the top and bottom limits of the sight opening through the windshield.

In testimony whereof I have sled-my name to this specification.

' GEORGE N. HEIN. 

